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    3. 戒律

    戒律

    戒かい律りつ

    (religious) precept

    KMT9News #30+1Ref L2NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab16 strokes

    かいりつ

    Noun

    1.
    (religious) precept, discipline, commandment, mitzvah

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    Speed1.0x

    仏ぶっ教きょうには多おおくの戒かい律りつがある。

    Buddhism has many precepts.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは宗しゅう教きょうの戒かい律りつを厳きびしく守まもって生せい活かつしている。

    He lives strictly observing the religious precepts.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyDaily Life
    戒かい律りつは、信しん者じゃが精せい神しん的てきな成せい長ちょうを遂とげるための指し針しんとなる。

    Precepts serve as guidelines for believers to achieve spiritual growth.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    キリスト教きょうの十じっ戒かいも、戒かい律りつの一いっ種しゅと見みなすことができる。

    The Ten Commandments of Christianity can also be regarded as a type of precept.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyHistory
    僧そう侶りょは厳きびしい戒かい律りつの下もとで修しゅ行ぎょうに励はげむ。

    Monks strive in their training under strict precepts.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    戒
    いまし.める…(1)
    commandment
    律
    rhythm・law・regulation・gauge・control
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